INNOVATION PROGRAMS

Our Innovation Program is designed to ensure a soft landing and successful engagement of your team in Silicon Valley. It consists out of independent but combinable modules to fit you just right!

Each of the programs leverages the knowledge and expertise of our team, our partners, and the local network and starts with a thorough preparation at home.

Preparation

A good preparation is key to success and therefore part of each of our programs. We will stand by your side and prepare you to get the most of your Silicon Valley experience. This phase aims to..

Define your strategic problems, objectives and success indicators

Determine all internal and external stakeholder

Identify and prepare the best individual or project team to be in the Silicon Valley.

Define your strategic problems, objectives and success indicators

Determine all internal and external stakeholder

Identify and prepare the best individual or project team to be in the Silicon Valley.

Modules

Objectives

Exploration Module

The Exploration Module is specifically designed for individual employees or small corporate teams who want to understand what makes Silicon Valley tick, what opportunities it has to offer, and how one can successfully engage and leverage it to the company’s benefit.

The program runs for a minimum of three months and provides a mix of classroom sessions, workshops, and more activities, specifically developed and organized for the client partner.

Get an understanding of the SV ecosystem

Connect and foster relationships with different stakeholders of the area

Evaluate the opportunities and design a strategy for continuous engagement

Engagement Module

The Engagement Module is designed for companies that have decided to engage with the Silicon Valley ecosystem on an ongoing basis. An engagement strategy is existing and our team supports with a soft landing and guidance in executing on the strategy.

The Engagement Module runs for a minimum of six months and can be booked independently or subsequent to the successful completion of the Exploration Module.

Implement and execute on your engagement strategy

Share your knowledge, expertise, and opportunities and become a well-regarded contributor to the local ecosystem

Move from discussions to execution and partner up with local Startups, Investors, Corporations, and Academia

Intrapreneurship Module

The Intrapreneurship Module is designed for companies with a clear product idea or the objective to build up a team without the ties of the corporate structures. The Intrapreneurship Module is offered in partnership with the German Accelerator, Germany’s startup accelerator.

The Intrapreneurship module runs for a minimum of three months (one cycle) and trains the team in:

Develop new and potentially disruptive ideas, pitch it and receive feedback from investors and potential customers

Search for a business model and validate your business by means of a lean customer development process

Iterate, pivot, kill, or launch your project within your organization or spin it off

Modules

Exploration Module

The Exploration Module is specifically designed for individual employees or small corporate teams who want to understand what makes Silicon Valley tick, what opportunities it has to offer, and how one can successfully engage and leverage it to the company’s benefit.

OBJECTIVES

The program runs for a minimum of three months and provides a mix of classroom sessions, workshops, and more activities, specifically developed and organized for the client partner.

Get an understanding of the SV ecosystem

Connect and foster relationships with different stakeholders of the area

Evaluate the opportunities and design a strategy for continuous engagement

Engagement Module

The Engagement Module is designed for companies that have decided to engage with the Silicon Valley ecosystem on an ongoing basis. An engagement strategy is existing and our team supports with a soft landing and guidance in executing on the strategy.

Objectives

The Engagement Module runs for a minimum of six months and can be booked independently or subsequent to the successful completion of the Exploration Module.

Implement and execute on your engagement strategy

Share your knowledge, expertise, and opportunities and become a well-regarded contributor to the local ecosystem

Move from discussions to execution and partner up with local Startups, Investors, Corporations, and Academia

Intrapreneurship Module

The Intrapreneurship Module is designed for companies with a clear product idea or the objective to build up a team without the ties of the corporate structures. The Intrapreneurship Module is offered in partnership with the German Accelerator, Germany’s startup accelerator.

Objectives

The Intrapreneurship module runs for a minimum of three months (one cycle) and trains the team in:

Develop new and potentially disruptive ideas, pitch it and receive feedback from investors and potential customers

Search for a business model and validate your business by means of a lean customer development process

Iterate, pivot, kill, or launch your project within your organization or spin it off